CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SURVEY

Objectives:
To become familiar with civil engineering construction survey.

Course Outlines:

1. Introduction (3 hours)
1. Basic understanding of civil engineering infrastructure
2. Importance of construction survey


2. Major equipments for construction survey (3 hours)
1. Level, theodolite, total stations, GPS
2. Rotating laser level, Laser leveling and alignments equipments for construction layout


3. Survey norms and standards used in (3 hours)
1. Building
2. Roads and bridges
3. Water supply and sewerage
4. Transmission line and tower
5. Precision


4. Control survey for construction works (3 hours)
1. Methods of control survey
2. Underground control
3. Vertical alignment
4. Surface and underground connections
5. Local controls


5. Surveying for building construction (5 hours)
1. Understanding of building structure
2. Topographic survey and mapping
3. Methods of setting out of foundation and structures, requirement of equipments and accessories.


6. Highways construction (5 hours)
1. Introduction to alignment
2. Cross-drainage and road structures
3. Network of horizontal and vertical controls
4. Layout methods
1. centre-line control
2. random control stations


7. Street constructions, railroads, culverts and bridges (6 hours)


8. Alignment and setting out of (9 hours)
1. Sewers and pipelines
2. Tunnels and Dams


9. As built survey (3 hours)

Tutorials and Labs:

1. Prepare a report with methods of setting out, drawing and details for
1. Building
2. Road
3. Sewer drain
4. Bridges
2. As built drawing of a building

References:

1. Surveying, By A. Bannister
2. Elementary surveying, by Paul R. Wolf, Russell C. Brinker
3. Building construction handbook, by Chudley and Greeno
4. Surveying theory and Practice, By Raymond E. Davis, Francis S. Foote, James M. Anderson, and Edward M. Mikhael
5. Building Construction volume II, W.B. Mckay

Assessment: Averaging of three
Evaluation scheme:
The question will cover the entire chapter in the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as mentioned in the table below

*There will be minor deviation in the marks distribution